Template:Did you know nominations/Ni'isjoohl totem pole

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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet talk 14:28, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

Ni'isjoohl totem pole

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... that the Ni'isjoohl totem pole was once fed a diet of vacuum-packed food? Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/inside-the-nisgaa-nations-fight-for-the-return-of-a-36-foot-totem-pole-180981342
- ALT1: ... that the Nisga'a and the Scottish fell out while feeding the Ni'isjoohl totem pole? Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/inside-the-nisgaa-nations-fight-for-the-return-of-a-36-foot-totem-pole-180981342
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Created by Pretzelles (talk). Self-nominated at 00:24, 23 September 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Ni'isjoohl totem pole; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

reviewing DrThneed (talk) 07:08, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: - ?
Overall: Article is long enough, new enough, contains no plagiarism, and is well-sourced. It's also very interesting! I have a preference for ALT0 (as I suspect the Nisga'a and Scottish had already fallen out about other things prior to the feeding, like the earlier refusal to return the pole, so the feeding might not really have been the cause). I was curious about the practice of feeding a totem pole and would have loved more detail or a link to follow for more information about that custom, if that's possible. I've only put a question mark as I wasn't clear about QPQ - is this your first DYK nomination Pretzelles? (popping back to say it's a bit short notice to have it run on the day of the return (29 Sep) but perhaps it could go on when viewing opens in October, if you get advance notice? Just a thought) DrThneed (talk) 07:42, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

@DrThneed: Hi, thanks for giving this a look!

I think Alt0 is probably the best one too. I haven't managed to find anything specific on the totem pole feeding part of the ceremony. There's a few discussions of the pole raising ceremony, but that's more what will happen when it's returned to the museum.
This is my first DYK nom, yes!
Haven't managed to find any information as to when it will be open to the public in October, I imagine they might release the information after the arrival ceremony on Friday.

Hope this helps! Pretzelles (talk) 15:48, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

Good to go then, thanks Pretzelles! Alt0 approved. DrThneed (talk) 19:30, 26 September 2023 (UTC)